Egg-separator.



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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 1903.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. EVERT, OF MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,474, dated.November 10, 1903.

Application filed February 7, 1903. Serial No. 142 28L (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM D. EVERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Separators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to culinary utensils, and has special referenceto an improved eggseparator comprising simple,inexpensive,and practicalmeans for expeditiously and com- 1 pletely separating the white from theyolk of an egg.

To this end the invention contemplates an egg-separating utensil,conveniently in the form of a handy cup or bowl, embodying aconstruction admitting of a thorough separating action, while at thesame time holding the yolk and allowing the white of the egg to bepoured into a separate dish.

With these and many other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the sameconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, andclaimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in the relation of theseparating or dam flange, the holding-pocket for the yolk, and thepouring-opening for the white are susceptible to some modificationwithout departing from the spirit of the invention; but a preferredembodiment of the latter is shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective plan of an eggseparator constructed inaccordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts throughout bothfigures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention any suitabl type of vessel, cup, bowl, orpan may be employed; but it is preferable to utilize for the purposes ofthe invention a dished receiving vessel 1 in the form of a cup or bowl,as

plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This dished receivingvessel or cup 1 may be conveniently provided at one side thereof with ahanger ring or loop 2 and in the bottom thereof is formed with acircular concavity 3, producing an egg-holding pocket, into which thecontents of the egg-shell are dropped and which serves to hold back theyolk during the separation of the white therefrom.

At one edge of the egg-holding pocket 3, formed by a depression in thebottom of the vessel, there is arranged an upstanding separating or damflange 4. This separatingflange 4 is a segment of a circle, so as toextend partly about the pocket 3 at the edge thereof, and is alsopreferably of a crescent shape. The flange is soldered or otherwiserigidly fastened to the base or bottom of the receiving vessel, so as toproject upwardly a sufficient distance therefrom to permit of thestraining of the white over the top edge thereof, while the yolk is heldback by and within the body portion of the flange.

Beyond the side of the flange 4 opposite the pocket 3 the receivingvessel 1 is further provided therein with a pouring-opening 5. Thispouring-opening is preferably disposed at one side of the plane of thetransverse vertical center of the separating-flange 4, so that theliquid may be poured over the flange and by a tilting of the receivingvessel or cup be deflected either out of the opening 5 or back into thepocket 3 should any of the yolk be carried over with the white.Ordinarily the white separates perfectly clean from the yolk, passesover the flange 4, and is poured out through the opening 5 into the dishor other receptacle designed therefor.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed, and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is

An egg-separating untensil comprising a receiving vessel provided in itsbase with a depression forming an egg-holding pocket, a. segmentalupstanding separating-flange partly encircling the pocket at one sidethereof, and a pouring-opening arranged beyond the side of the flangeopposite the pocket and 10 also disposed at one side of the center ofthe flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. EVERT. Witnesses:

J. E. BASTRESS, D. W. KEHLER.

